Comments on: R-Rated Comic-Con Beowulf Movie Trailer http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/ Blogging the Reel World Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:23:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: patrick http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-224883 patrick Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:09:52 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-224883 i appreciate the fact that Beowulf gives me at least a pseudo-education in ancient literature (never had to read the book as a child) i appreciate the fact that Beowulf gives me at least a pseudo-education in ancient literature (never had to read the book as a child)

]]> By: The Reviewers http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-133662 The Reviewers Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:20:41 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-133662 Heya! Just wanted to let you know that our review of the Beowulf Movie is up in the latest episode of Upon Further Review. www.furtherreview.net We love to hear your feedback! Thanks, The Reviewers Upon Further Review Heya!

Just wanted to let you know that our review of the Beowulf Movie is up in the latest episode of Upon Further Review. http://www.furtherreview.net
We love to hear your feedback!

Thanks,
The Reviewers
Upon Further Review

]]> By: Zach Stroh http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-126912 Zach Stroh Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:56:56 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-126912 I agree with Amy in the sense that nudity is altogether unnecessary when portrayed in this way. I dunno if I would go as far as saying 'stupid and senseless' (I'm sure there are at least some good parts in the movie), but considering people don't run around nude in real life (at least most of us), then they shouldn't need to do that in a movie. THAT is just a money-making addition. And yes, Peter Jackson did an awesome job sticking to the Lord of the Rings' storyline! I agree with Amy in the sense that nudity is altogether unnecessary when portrayed in this way. I dunno if I would go as far as saying ’stupid and senseless’ (I’m sure there are at least some good parts in the movie), but considering people don’t run around nude in real life (at least most of us), then they shouldn’t need to do that in a movie. THAT is just a money-making addition.

And yes, Peter Jackson did an awesome job sticking to the Lord of the Rings’ storyline!

]]> By: Michael Z. Williamson http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-118493 Michael Z. Williamson Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:34:54 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-118493 Nudity is not of itself demeaning. It can show purity of form or self. There is also male nudity in this. But I agree it was largely pointless and gratuitous as done. Nudity is not of itself demeaning. It can show purity of form or self. There is also male nudity in this. But I agree it was largely pointless and gratuitous as done.

]]> By: Amy http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-118361 Amy Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:46:54 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-118361 This is a tragedy to great literature. I believe that Hollywood ruins great works when they cant even follow the story. In "The Lord of the Rings" they tried to interpret the story so it would capture the magic that Tolkien had written. It was beautifully made and honored the deceased writer. This is a stupid, senseless movie that was made to demean women (unnecessary nudity) and it also ruins a great story in our history. I wish Hollywood would try to preserve the past instead of destroying it with "money-making" storylines!!! This is a tragedy to great literature. I believe that Hollywood ruins great works when they cant even follow the story. In “The Lord of the Rings” they tried to interpret the story so it would capture the magic that Tolkien had written. It was beautifully made and honored the deceased writer. This is a stupid, senseless movie that was made to demean women (unnecessary nudity) and it also ruins a great story in our history. I wish Hollywood would try to preserve the past instead of destroying it with “money-making” storylines!!!

]]> By: Michael Z. Williamson http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-115662 Michael Z. Williamson Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:31:29 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-115662 The newest translations have much better scholarship of Old English. The OE Dictionary has been changed significantly in just the last couple of years. The newest translations have much better scholarship of Old English. The OE Dictionary has been changed significantly in just the last couple of years.

]]> By: John Campbell http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-115647 John Campbell Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:08:42 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-115647 The poem tells us that Grendel’s mother was an “alien spirit” with the “likeness of a woman” (lines 1349-51). But the correct rendering for her when she first appears is not “noble lady” but “noble lady-monster” (ides áglaécwíf, 1259). She is not seductive but “greedy and gloomy-hearted” (1277). She is a “sea wolf” with “loathsome fingers” (1505-6) who lives in a cave below the water. Let’s face it. Old literature is interpreted according to modern thought and paradigms, and the paradigm today is to march naked lady-skin across the silver screen. It’s not literature really; it’s Hollywood. The poem tells us that Grendel’s mother was an “alien spirit” with the “likeness of a woman” (lines 1349-51). But the correct rendering for her when she first appears is not “noble lady” but “noble lady-monster” (ides áglaécwíf, 1259). She is not seductive but “greedy and gloomy-hearted” (1277). She is a “sea wolf” with “loathsome fingers” (1505-6) who lives in a cave below the water.
Let’s face it. Old literature is interpreted according to modern thought and paradigms, and the paradigm today is to march naked lady-skin across the silver screen. It’s not literature really; it’s Hollywood.

]]> By: Michael Z. Williamson http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-111502 Michael Z. Williamson Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:36:47 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-111502 Actually, the Old English descriptors of Grendels Mother are "Noble lady" and "supernatural warrior." That last is the same phrase used for Beowulf. IOW, her son (since this IS based on history in some fashion, we having found both Heorot and Beowulf's barrow) was some kind of lunatic or thug who terrorized people, and after he died, she took up the Blood Oath like a man, and acquitted herself well enough to earn respect. So she very well could have been beautiful or charismatic. People make the same mistake with Jekyll and Hyde. Hyde was NOT monstrous. Actually, the Old English descriptors of Grendels Mother are “Noble lady” and “supernatural warrior.” That last is the same phrase used for Beowulf.

IOW, her son (since this IS based on history in some fashion, we having found both Heorot and Beowulf’s barrow) was some kind of lunatic or thug who terrorized people, and after he died, she took up the Blood Oath like a man, and acquitted herself well enough to earn respect.

So she very well could have been beautiful or charismatic.

People make the same mistake with Jekyll and Hyde. Hyde was NOT monstrous.

]]> By: John Campbell http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-111245 John Campbell Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:37:15 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-111245 I have not yet seen the movie, but any rendering of the epic poem that casts Grendel's mother as anyone more beautiful than a deformed australopithecus school marm cannot possibly "follow the story!" I have not yet seen the movie, but any rendering of the epic poem that casts Grendel’s mother as anyone more beautiful than a deformed australopithecus school marm cannot possibly “follow the story!”

]]> By: Victoria http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-108553 Victoria Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:46:27 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-108553 I have seen the movie and recommend that you see it before you judge it...It is action packed and follows the story...I really enjoyed it and so did every other cheering fan in the theater. I have seen the movie and recommend that you see it before you judge it…It is action packed and follows the story…I really enjoyed it and so did every other cheering fan in the theater.

]]> By: Michael Z. Williamson http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-103684 Michael Z. Williamson Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:27:35 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-103684 I notice they cleverly cut anything resembling acting from the trailer. Doubtless the actual performances will be good. Right? I notice they cleverly cut anything resembling acting from the trailer. Doubtless the actual performances will be good. Right?

]]> By: Extracine » Tráiler de Beowulf, también para mayores http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-80159 Extracine » Tráiler de Beowulf, también para mayores Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:49:18 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-80159 [...] R-Rated Comic-Con Beowulf Movie Trailer Escrito a las 11:48 | Envia esta nota por correo electrónico Por Edu Caselles | Lee más de: [...] [...] R-Rated Comic-Con Beowulf Movie Trailer Escrito a las 11:48 | Envia esta nota por correo electrónico Por Edu Caselles | Lee más de: [...]

]]> By: Ricky Roma http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-79988 Ricky Roma Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:51:22 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-79988 That looks pretty damn awful. It looks like a feature-length version of a badly rendered cut scene in a sub-standard PC game. And it's nice to see that the people who made trailer are being really original by using John Murphy's 28 Days Later score for the gazillionth time. That looks pretty damn awful. It looks like a feature-length version of a badly rendered cut scene in a sub-standard PC game. And it’s nice to see that the people who made trailer are being really original by using John Murphy’s 28 Days Later score for the gazillionth time.

]]> By: Beowulfs Sword http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-79910 Beowulfs Sword Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:06:20 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-79910 Why dont you just become an hero then Mitchell so I can see a watery substance come from your face. If you ruin these cg baps for me I swear to gawd. Jk. Its a sword melting though- the watery substance. We can like it now. Why dont you just become an hero then Mitchell so I can see a watery substance come from your face. If you ruin these cg baps for me I swear to gawd. Jk. Its a sword melting though- the watery substance. We can like it now.

]]> By: Mitchell http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-79706 Mitchell Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:44:30 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/25/r-rated-comic-con-beowulf-movie-trailer/#comment-79706 I want to look forward to this movie but I just... can't. I won't be seeing this in theaters, and as of now I have no need to even rent the movie when it hits DVD. The visuals just seem awkward somehow. What really irked me the most about this "new" trailer is the water substance that is seen around the final 12 seconds of the video. Who knows, I'm just rambling right now. Overall, much better than the teaser that was released to us that didn't attend Comic Con, but nothing special or opinion changing at all. I want to look forward to this movie but I just… can’t. I won’t be seeing this in theaters, and as of now I have no need to even rent the movie when it hits DVD. The visuals just seem awkward somehow. What really irked me the most about this “new” trailer is the water substance that is seen around the final 12 seconds of the video. Who knows, I’m just rambling right now. Overall, much better than the teaser that was released to us that didn’t attend Comic Con, but nothing special or opinion changing at all.

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